3 Reason Staging Your Home Pays off
- A staged home looks better in pictures
- Homes that are staged typically list for a higher price and sell for a higher price
- Potential buyers will stay longer during a showing

- A staged home looks better in pictures
The old saying, “One picture is worth a thousand words” might have been coined for a staged home. Multiply that 1,000 words by the number of pictures your agent is going to post online for your listing. That is a powerful pictorial message and a strong story presented online. Literally 1000’s of words conveyed by the pictures attached to your homes listing.
Why...
If you are considering selling your home, here are a few tips to make the process run more smoothly:
1. Pick a Realtor who will manage the home preparation process for you. Hopefully, they will provide you a production calendar of events to help you stay focused and organized.
?2. Have your home pre-inspected. Any issue that hasn’t been disclosed up front is fair game; a Buyer may request a credit back or price reduction. If you do nothing else, this is one action item that could save you thousands of dollars.
?3. Go to the planning office and look at your file. Was any work done without permits? Clear those up in advance or discuss with your Realtor.
?4. When cleaning out the garage, remove old paint and other toxic materials. Arrange to have those items taken to Marin Household Hazardous Waste Facility on 535 Jacoby Street. Hours: Tues.-Sat. 8:00am...

Home Inspections, Part 1
You're selling your home.
You've
spent several weeks and more than a few dollars cleaning, painting, landscaping,
and staging. The place looks great; in fact, it looks...
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You know about Staging!

You've visited beautiful Zen-like homes with abundant, elegant,
uncluttered space everywhere, and wondered if anyone actually lived
there. Staging is an art. A good stager will appeal to your senses----
Peaceful, attractive living areas, perhaps with colorful paintings,
flowers, even the smell of fresh-baked cookies. Just enough furniture to
suggest possibilities, and little enough to create an illusion of space
in which you can imagine your own sanctuary. A good staging job is
subtle, welcoming, alluring, and it sets a mood. But is it worth it the money? My
own experience as a Listing Agent would lead me to respond with an
unequivocal "yes", and a large majority of my colleagues would agree. Read the following short story and then
decide for...

-staging helps define the space in this open floor plan home
How To Get the Highest Price in the Least amount of time for
your Home!
Why is staging your home even more important in the digital
Real Estate market?
Approximately 96% of homebuyers start their search online. Those buyers are more likely to click on the
homes that are staged and have professional photographs and even more likely with 15-20 + pictures
than 5-10. The more pictures the better. At this stage buyers are making quick
decisions on whether a home is worth seeing in person. They may click through 25-30 homes at a time - what compels them to stop at your home?
In the new digital marketplace the home seller needs to
attract the homebuyer. If the buyers introduction to your...
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